Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The ACCC may, by written instrument, declare that a specified carriage service is a declared carriage service for the purposes of this Part.
(2) The declaration has effect accordingly.
(3) In deciding whether to make a declaration under this section, the ACCC must have regard to whether the declaration will promote the long - term interests of end - users of:
(a) carriage services; or
(b) services supplied by means of carriage services.
(4) The ACCC may have regard to any other matters that it thinks are relevant.
(5) For the purposes of this section, the question whether a particular thing promotes the long - term interests of end - users of:
(a) carriage services; or
(b) services supplied by means of carriage services;
is to be determined in the same manner in which that question is determined for the purposes of Part XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 .
Note: See section 152AB of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 .